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Lotte PEPLOW

@hoppylotte.bsky.social

US craft beer supremo!

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A load of bonkersly good US craft beers will be available in the UK next week including the much loved seasonal Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale! More here: ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜ƒ

31.10.2025 12:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone who loves beer should visit at least once in a lifetime. Itโ€™s the biggest celebration of craft beer Iโ€™ve ever seen! ๐Ÿป

20.10.2025 07:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A fantastic celebration of beer and โ€˜beyond beerโ€™ right here ๐Ÿ‘‡ I spent three days scouring the festival floor to find the latest US craft beer trendsโ€ฆ

20.10.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The temperature of beer affects its flavour in more ways than one โ€“ try these brews to see how Cold isnโ€™t always best โ€“ a subtle tweak to the temperature of your favourite ale can draw out its bitterness, sweetness or umami oomph

Really pleased to see this one out in the wild. Beer and temperature for The Telegraph.

14.09.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Here I look at womenโ€™s flavour preferences v men and a banging new line-up of US craft beers now available in the UK! ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜ƒ

02.09.2025 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wrote about how a beerโ€™s temperature interacts with food to create different nuances of flavour. More ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿป

02.08.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beer and ice cream: the perfect summer match - Beer Today Lotte Peplow, the Brewers Associationโ€™s American craft beer ambassador for Europe, looks at key events this month and highlights new beer style guidelines Photograph: Brewers Association July plays ho...

Happy #Independenceday to all US friends and followers! ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿป And hereโ€™s how to enjoy a cool pairing on a hot day: US craft beer and ice cream! Yum! beertoday.co.uk/2025/07/01/b...

04.07.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Any brewers on here? Have a read of thisโ€ฆitโ€™s all about how to enter beer competitions and maximise your chance of winning ๐Ÿฅ‡

01.06.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gotta love a #BottleShare! Always massive fun with this bunch of beery legends sampling a variety of styles incl IPAs, smoothie sours, Baltic porters and Bourbon Barrel aged imperial stouts amongst others! Shout out to Brewery Market, Twickenham for hosting us! ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿป

23.05.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Super-honoured to attend a meeting with US Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, at the US Embassy to discuss US agricultural exports. US beer first arrived here in 1990s, and now the UK is the #3 export market globally and #1 in Europe for US craft beer! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿบ

16.05.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s officially #Americancraftbeerweek in the States (yes, there is such a thing!) and what could be more classic than the OG of them all: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale! 45 years young and still going strong! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿป

13.05.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! And, yes it was pretty special!

13.05.2025 14:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beer and Bank Holidays are a winning combo! ๐Ÿป

03.05.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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En route to Indianapolis to judge World Beer Cup and my flight to Chicago is almost empty! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

24.04.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brewers Association Reports 2024 U.S. Craft Brewing Industry Figures The report highlights the new realities of a maturing market in a rapidly evolving environment.

Latest from the US craft beer industryโ€ฆโ€ฆVolume for 2024 was the same as 2023 at 13.3% but breweries declined a little; 9,680 in 2024 v 9,847 in 2023 More here: www.brewersassociation.org/association-...

15.04.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s because you have friends in the right places Roger!

07.04.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But not just chocolate! The delicious sweet substance paired with beer! Mmm, heaven!

01.04.2025 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beer and chocolateโ€™s a winning combo! Lots more about it here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿซ

01.04.2025 07:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seriously canโ€™t wait for the US Craft Beer Showcase Tour this week! Four epic US craft breweries are coming over: Allagash, Magnify, Other Half and Hudson Valley pouring at The Rake, Ghost Whale, Beer Merchants and Cafe Beermoth. Come join, entryโ€™s free! (Except GW)

25.03.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is going to be awesome! ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ”ฅ Free to attend at The Rake & Beer Merchants Tap in London and Cafe Beermoth in Manchester. See you there! ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿป

18.03.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Phil!

01.03.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looked at the future of lagerโ€ฆsome fascinating predictions from US craft brewers. Could barrel-aged lager be the next big thing? ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

01.03.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great! Iโ€™ve done just that!

23.02.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So pleased to see beer being represented in the national press! Great stuff Pete! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

23.02.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Super-excited to see a national newspaper publishing articles on beer/pubs with the launch of @petebrownbeer.bsky.social โ€˜s new column in the Sunday Times magazine! Excellent work, Pete! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

23.02.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Back from a busy week in Rimini judging Birra dellโ€™Anno and developing US craft beer exports with #BrewersAssociation at #Beer&FoodAttraxtion An inspirational and productive week and was excited to sample Italian Grape Ale (which was delish!) ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿป

20.02.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judging Birra dellโ€™Anno (Beer of the Year!) in Rimini, an Italian-only competition now in its 20th year! 2,092 beers from
257 breweries are being judged in
45 categories! Pix show the UK contingent!

13.02.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Helped brew a GF West Coast pale ale for #IWCBD at Five Points Brewery yโ€™day and it was great fun! ๐Ÿป

07.02.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wrote about the impact of Dry Jan and n/a beer in US and UK. More here: ๐Ÿ‘‡

01.02.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thrilled to bits to be judging World Beer Cup in Indianapolis this year! Itโ€™s my third time judging and each invite is a massive honour ๐Ÿ˜Š The judging process is incredibly robust so I need to hone my skills by practicing a lot! ๐Ÿป๐Ÿคฉ

20.01.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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